Mechanisms of the Aging-Related Positivity Effect in Memory and Attention
According to the Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST), the normal aging process is associated with a greater emphasis on self-regulation of emotional states, and this fosters a bias in cognitive processing for information that is positively valenced (e.g., pleasant images and autobiographical eve...
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Language: | en |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6726 |